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The Health Anxiety Inventory: development and validation of scales for the measurement of health anxiety and hypochondriasis. Psychological Medicine, 32 (05), 843-853.

It is intended that any professional in the mental health services can utilise relevant and appropriate tools/scales from this portfolio. Effective care delivery relies on a comprehensive assessment being made.

Any report regarding use of WEMWBS also needs to include the following text: "The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale was funded by the Scottish Executive National Programme for improving mental health and well-being, commissioned by NHS Health Scotland, developed by the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh, and is ...

Well-Being Assessment (Adult – 24 items) The Well-Being Assessment (Adult - 24 items) was a joint collaboration between members of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100 Million Healthier Lives metrics team and The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science. This harmonized consolidation of well-being assessments incorporates both the Well ...

Key messages Mental health and wellbeing indicators, when measured alongside core health outcomes, have the potential to impact health financing decisions, bolster the provision of mental health support in primary care settings and enhance health policy and processes.

The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6+) is a widely-used, brief, 6-item self-report measure of psychological distress designed to screen for risk of a serious mental health condition in the general population.

The document describes the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38), a 38-item questionnaire used to assess mental health. It contains questions in 6 domains: anxiety, depression, behavioral control, positive affect, emotional ties, and life satisfaction. Respondents rate how often they experienced each symptom in the past month on a scale of 1 to 6 or 1 to 5. Scores on each item are aggregated to ...

A measure of health in general where respondents rate their overall health (physical and mental) on a 0-100 scale. Responses to this scale tend to reflect physical more than mental health.

Discover the effectiveness of mental health scales. They provide valuable insights into mental well-being & are crucial assessment tools for health professionals.

Below is a list of mental health assessments that can be used in educational settings and beyond. This list does not represent an endorsement of any one tool and is not inclusive of all possible tools. This list is simply to assist in accessing a range of options related to school climate, trauma, anxiety and other mental health topics.

PDF | This scale was developed to measure mental health among the parents of differently-abled children. It is a 20 item measure based on 5 points... | Find, read and cite all the research you ...

The MHQoL is a self-administered quality-of-life measure developed for evaluating people with subclinical and clinical mental health problems and all mental health services [24].

Validated scales to measure mental wellbeing or positive mental health. Some well-known and well used mental illness scales designed for use in the general population were included for completeness.

Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate a new quality of life measure for use in people with mental health problems—the Mental Health Quality of Life questionnaire (MHQoL).

By understanding the validity and reliability of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) across different linguistic and cultural contexts, this review will help academics, clinicians, and poli-cymakers make well-informed decisions about the scale’s application in mental health literacy assessments.

The PMH is a brief, uni-dimensional and person-centered instrument designed to measure all key and culturally appropriate domains of positive mental health ...

This article discusses a new scale for the measurement of self-efficacy among persons dealing with mental disorders and examines the relationship between involvement in self-help and self-efficacy ...

The National Institutes of Health has funded six projects to develop, test, and validate outcome-focused quality measures for mental health, which are used to understand the impact of interventions when implemented in real-world health care systems and settings.

Background Despite being a widely used and recommended measure of functioning, the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS) lacks consensus on scale structure and whether child- and parent-report versions measure the same construct(s). This study aimed to better understand the structure and test for measurement invariance across groups of youth and their caregivers. Methods The sample included youth 14 ...